THE UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA

Today I’m going to teach you about the South East Area of the United States.

The States that are inThe southeast area are…

North CarolinaSouth CarolinaVirginiaWest VirginiaGeorgiaFlorida

MississippiAlabamaLouisianaArkansasTennesseeKentucky

North CarolinaBird: Cardinal

Capital: RaleighNorth Carolina has a coast

on the Atlantic Ocean. (always nice for vacations

)

Flower: Dogwood

Did you know…President Andrew Johnson was born in

North Carolina??

South Carolina Capital: Columbia Bird: Great Carolina wren

Flower: Yellow Jessamine

Did you know…North Carolina & South Carolina used to be one state, they were separated in

1710??

VIRGINIA

Capital: Richmond

Flower: Dogwood

Bird: Cardinal

Yes, Virginia and North Carolina have the same state Bird and Flower!

What Copy Cats!

Did you know the city of Jamestown which is in Virginia was the first city every

colonized in the United States??

West Virginia

Capital: Charleston

Bird: Cardinal Flower: Rhododendron

Another state with the Cardinal as it’s state

Bird!

Did you know…75% of West Virginia is

covered in Forest! That’s a lot of trees!

GeorgiaCapital: Atlanta

Bird: Brown Thrasher

Flower: Cherokee Rose

Did you know… Georgia is the # 1 producer of the three P’s –peanuts, peaches and pecans!

Florida

Capital: Tallahassee

Bird: MockingbirdFlower: Orange Blossom

Did you know…Space ships are blasted off from Cape Canaveral which is on Florida’s Coast??

MISSISSIPPI

Capital: Jackson

Bird: Mockingbird(just like Florida!)

Flower: Magnolia

Did you know… Elvis was born in

Tupelo, Mississippi on Jan. 8, 1935??

Mississippi is a hard word to spell…How

many S’s are in it??

AlabamaFlower: Camellia Capital: Montgomery

Bird: Yellowhammer

Did You know…Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans

on the moon??

Louisiana

Capital: Baton Rouge

Bird: Eastern Brown Pelican

Flower: Magnolia

Did you know…Mardi Gras is celebrated every year in New Orleans!

Arkansas

Capital: Little Rock

Bird: Mockingbird Flower: Appleblossom

Just like Florida And Mississippi

Did you know…there is over 9,700 miles of river in Arkansas?? That’s a lot of water!

Tennessee

Capital: Nashville

Bird: MockingbirdAgain?!

Flower: Iris

Did you know that Tennessee has more than 3,800 caves?!

Kentucky

Capital: Frankfort

Bird: Cardinal

Flower: Goldenrod

Did you know…cheeseburgers were first served in 1934 at a restaurant in Kentucky??

A little Rhyme to help you remember how states there are…

The fifty “nifty” United States

Next week we’ll be going over the northeast region so make sure you still look over all of these states! Each one

has something special about it!

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Presentation by: Melissa Wolfenden

Curriculum from: http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-28753_38684_28761---,00.html